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Braided Mason Line

I LOVe THIS STUFF!!! got a 250' roll from Home Depot for about $5 and you can practice splicing it just like Amsteel. Let the Splicing begin!!! I have played with Amsteel making my own whoopies and soft shackles but I still like to practice on something cheaper because the budget is tight.

I am using one of the coated strands from inside an ethernet cable and its like butter on the mason line. I am definitely planning on making some more soft shackle prusiks to hang do-dads on my hammock RL out of this stuff.

I am also planning on using the mason line in conjunction with some shock cord as my guy lines... now just to finish my tarp

Actually I like using for tarp guidelines using it in UCR mode. Since the line is so inexpensive, the lines are about 12 feet long to reach those ties off a little further away. If the stake point is closer, can use a clove hitch or marlin spike hitch as the knot.

One thing I found, at least on the two rolls I have; the red is just a bit tighter than the yellow. Don't know if this always the case, but I'll find out shortly since I'm almost through the first two rolls of mason line.

I was going to bury one length inside another thinking that would make it strong enough for my tarp ridge line. I cut two lengths of 50', looked around for something to use as a fid, then thought to myself "for heaven's sake, what am I doing?"